Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution images of its collection. All artwork will show a sun (or sunlight) somewhere.
I won’t name the piece or the artist, but instead invite you to study the art and post a comment addressing one or more of these questions:
- What is going on in this picture?
- What do you see that makes you say that?
- What more can you find?
If you have another idea, run with it.
Special Update! The New York Times website does this same exercise every Monday with a news photo that is uncaptioned and contains no text (click!). The Times asks viewers the same three questions:
- What is going on in this picture?
- What do you see that makes you say that?
- What more can you find?
However, at the end of the week, the Times posts the background information on the picture. So, I’ve decided to do the same. I’ll still post an unlabeled piece of art on Thursday. But return on Sunday (for the Sunny Sundays post!) and you’ll find an update on the artwork here.
Note: To embiggen the image, click on it!
Man and Llama Vessel
Date: 4th–7th century
Geography: Peru
Culture: Recuay
Medium: Ceramic, pigment
Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 x W. 4 x D. 5 1/2 in. (17.1 x 10.2 x 14 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Containers
Cute !!! but what is it ???
This would make a darling salt and pepper shaker when you think of it.
First, this is fun with the sun rising out of his head. Second, is he carrying a dog in his left arm, or is that something else? Third, his earring looks like something you’d see at Dunkin’ Donuts.